Ascending versus randomised list lengths in working memory span tasks

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-341

  St Clair Thompson, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex span tasks; Proactive interference; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCENDING ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTING SPAN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED ORDER; READING SPAN; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; DATA ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 84861305957     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.639760     Document Type: Article

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